Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Blog Challenge Day 5: My Definition of LOVE

September 27, 2011

Blog Challenge Day 5: My Definition of LOVE

Love is the way I feel when my Husband kisses me...I still get butterflies in my stomach everytime! Love is how he makes me feel like the most beatuiful, smart, confident and cherished woman in the world. Love is having a Husband who I can do and say anything to that would never judge or ridicule me and who puts my interests FIRST!

Love is how I feel when Savannah is the sweet, loving, kind and fun Princess that she is. Love is having a 8 year old just cuddle up next to you in the mornings and say I love you!

Love is when I get together with my family and have good food and lots of laughs! Love is having parents who stand by you through thick and thin and are always there to support and guide you through life. Love is having siblings that make you laugh, comfort you when you're down and cheer you on when you succeed in life!

Love is having a Doberman that snuggles and kisses me and listens to my problems and thinks I am the best Mommy in the whole world;P Love is the look she gives me when she wants to go to the park and the greeting I receive everytime I come in the house!

Love is the way my then 4 year old nephew, Spencer is looking at Savannah...complete, pure, and total adoration:) Love is also forgiveness...Spencer took his brothers drumsticks and "drummed" daddy's brand new flat screen TV...and lived to see age 5!!!

Love is seeing my Hubby finally have a father figure he can look up to, trust and respect. Love is also my Father giving my Husband his first Priesthood Blessing with all the care and concern a Father would give their own child. Then following that blessing, giving him the kindest and most sincere advice I have ever heard!

Love in this picture means several things...

1. Love is little Spencer wanting to be in our family picture so badly that he snuck in unbeknownst to us;)

2. Love is my family being together in church...and having Lee gain a testimony of the restored gospel and dedicate his life to be in the service of the Lord!

3. Love is the sacrifice of my Brother...a sinless, perfect being who loved me enough to sacrifice His own life and suffer pain and anguish beyond my comprehension so that I could have the opprtunity to make mistakes, repent and be forgiven of them. Love is a Father in Heaven who would sacrifice one of his children for ME (and YOU) to help me to learn, grow and become refined so that one day I may have the opportunity to become like Him!

It is simple and not too facny but this is what LOVE means to me!!!

2 comments:

Emerson Experiment said...: If that ain't love, then I don't know what is! Beautiful post Meebs! and I love yoU!; 6:28 PM
Janet said...: Wow............that was awesome!; 7:21 AM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!